{"product_id":"war-on-peace","title":"War on Peace","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUS foreign policy is undergoing a dire transformation, forever changing America’s place in the world. Institutions of diplomacy and development are bleeding out after deep budget cuts; the diplomats who make America’s deals and protect democratic interests around the world are walking out in droves. Offices across the State Department sit empty, while abroad the military-industrial complex has assumed the work once undertaken by peacemakers. Increasingly, America is a nation that shoots first and asks questions later.    \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"line-break\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn an astonishing journey from the corridors of power in Washington, DC, to some of the most remote and dangerous places on earth - Afghanistan, Somalia, and North Korea among them acclaimed investigative journalist Ronan Farrow illuminates one of the most consequential and poorly understood changes in American history. His first-hand experience as a former State Department official affords a personal look at some of the last standard bearers of traditional statecraft, including Richard Holbrooke, who made peace in Bosnia and died while trying to do so in Afghanistan.    \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"line-break\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawing on newly unearthed documents, and richly informed by rare interviews with warlords, whistle-blowers, and policymakers - including every living secretary of state from Henry Kissinger to Hillary Clinton to Rex Tillerson - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWar on Peace\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e makes a powerful case for an endangered profession. Diplomacy, Farrow argues, has declined after decades of political cowardice, short-sightedness, and outright malice - but it may just offer a way out of a world at war.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Workingdeals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51554376810772,"sku":null,"price":2.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0972\/9602\/3828\/files\/image_46f6d085-98dc-464a-bdb4-9b5bfa1d1517.jpg?v=1762079613","url":"https:\/\/dealspark.com.au\/products\/war-on-peace","provider":"Deal spark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}